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List all WordPress users with their roles

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wp user list --fields=ID,user_login,user_email,roles --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs

Prints a table of all users with ID, login, email and assigned roles. Useful for a quick overview when taking over a website or before cleaning up old accounts. Use --role=editor to filter by role.

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List all WordPress administrators

$wp user list --role=administrator --fields=ID,user_login,user_email,user_registered --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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Reset a WordPress user password

$wp user update admin --user_pass=NewSecurePassword --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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Show recently registered WordPress users

$wp user list --orderby=registered --order=DESC --fields=ID,user_login,user_email,user_registered,roles --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs | head -n 15
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Back up the WordPress database as a gzip file

$wp db export - --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs | gzip > /var/www/vhosts/example.com/db-backup.sql.gz
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